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Martha Gellhorn: It would be...

Martha Gellhorn: It would be...

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the...

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Clementine Paddleford: A tiny radish...

Clementine Paddleford: A tiny radish...

A tiny radish of passionate scarlet, tipped modestly in white.

Source: Recalled on...

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Helen Keller: The heresy of...

Helen Keller: The heresy of...

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

Source: Optimism,...

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Simone de Beauvoir: This has always...

Simone de Beauvoir: This has always...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons hitherto brought forward in explanation of this fact has...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Ironically, women who...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Ironically, women who...

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had...

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Ayn Rand: Creation comes before...

Ayn Rand: Creation comes before...

Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

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Natalia Ginzburg: Today, as never...

Natalia Ginzburg: Today, as never...

Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster...

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M F K Fisher: Probably one of...

M F K Fisher: Probably one of...

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.

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George Eliot: Our impartiality is...

George Eliot: Our impartiality is...

Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw.

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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Margaret Atwood: . . ....

Margaret Atwood: . . ....

. . . time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee. . . . I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the...

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Amy Tan: I did not...

Amy Tan: I did not...

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on...

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Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of...

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Nancy Mitford: To fall in...

Nancy Mitford: To fall in...

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

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Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Lawana Blackwell: Patterning your life...

Patterning your life around other?s opinions is nothing more than slavery.

Source:...

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Emily Bronte: Proud people breed...

Emily Bronte: Proud people breed...

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. [Nelly, in Wuthering Heights]

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose?though not always what I pleased....

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Gertrude Stein: I could undertake...

Gertrude Stein: I could undertake...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient...

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Agatha Christie: It is ridiculous...

Agatha Christie: It is ridiculous...

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City -- New York City is itself a detective...

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Erica Jong: Ambivalence is a...

Erica Jong: Ambivalence is a...

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Source:...

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